Wake:Thursday, October 4, from 4:00 to 8:00 PM at Collins Funeral Home.Service:A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, Ocober 5, at 10:00 AM at St. Matthew Church, 216 Scribner Avenue, Norwalk.Interment:Interment will follow at St John Cemetery in Norwalk.Contributions:In addition to flowers Donations may be made in his honor to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.

Raffaele Di Meglio

June 22, 1933 ~ October 1, 2012

Raffaele Di Meglio, 79, husband of the late Angela Di Meglio, formerly of Norwalk, passed away early Monday morning, October 1, 2012 at St. Raphael Hospital in New Haven.

Born June 22, 1933 in Fontana D’Ischia , Italy, he was the son of the of the late Filippo Di Meglio and Felicissima Carino. He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1973 and lived in Norwalk for 29 years before moving to Orange CT to be closer to his daughters and grandchildren. He worked for many years as a stone mason before retiring in 1990 primarily due to health reasons.

He then spent most of his free time tending to his ever growing garden or with his grandchildren who were the light of his life.

In addition to his wife Angela he was predeceased by his brother Nicola DiMeglio

Friends may call on Thursday, October 4, from 4:00 to 8:00 PM at Collins Funeral Home, 92 East Avenue, Norwalk. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, Ocober 5, at 10:00 AM at St. Matthew Church, 216 Scribner Avenue, Norwalk. Interment will follow at St John Cemetery in Norwalk.

In addition to flowers Donations may be made in his honor to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.

Dear Felicia, Maria Cristina, Lynn & family, we are sharing your sorrow in the loss of your father and sending our deepest sympathy. May he rejoice in heaven with your Mom. Know that we are thinking of you, Lots of Love, Joann and Giovanni Iacono

October 3, 2012

Joann and Giovanni Iacono -

Dearest Family,
We send our warmest and sincere condolences to you all at this very difficult time. We wish to be there with you all but will be in thought and prayer. Your dad is in the safest place ever right now, that is in God’s lilmitless memory, that gives us such a wonderful hope that we will be in his company again seeing his smile and those bright blue eyes and able to rejoice forever with him and enjoying that great sauce he always made!